Poverty of Small-Scale Fishermen in Indonesia: Towards Achieving Golden Indonesia 2045

• Deltri Apriyeni ^[1] ; Suhelmi Helia ^[1] ; Yulina Eliza ^[1] ; Asnil . ^[2] ; Evi Adriani ^[3]
  1. [1] Indonesian State College of Accountancy

     Indonesian State College of Accountancy

     Indonesia

     
  2. [2] State University of Padang

     State University of Padang

     Indonesia

     
  3. [3] Universitas Batang Hari Jambi

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• Localización: Journal of maritime research: JMR, ISSN 1697-4840, Vol. 22, Nº. 2, 2025, págs. 87-94
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This study aims to describe and analyze the poverty profile of small fishermen in coastal areas of In-donesiainachievingGoldenIndonesiain2045.Thephenomenaofpoverty, backwardness, weakhuman resources,limitedaccesstotheeconomy,especiallybusinesscapitalcredit,andeducationlevelsarethe subjectsofthisstudy. Theanalyticaldescriptiveapproachisusedasaresearchmodel. Dataisobtained fromcompetentinstitutionsandisrelatedtothetopicofdiscussion. Dataanalysiswasconductedqual-itatively. Theresultsofthestudyshowedthatthenumberofpoorpeopleisaround25.22millionor9% ofthetotalpopulation.ItisamajorprogramthatmustbecompletedtorealizeadevelopedIndonesia. Economic empowerment of coastal areas is carried out to reduce the number of small-scale fishermen inpoverty.Variousgovernmentpoliciesforsmallfishermenhavebeenimplementedeventhoughthey are not yet optimal in terms of implementation and targeted results.The population of fishermen is increasingwhilethenumberofhouseholdsworkingasfishermenisdecreasing. Theuseoffishinggear that is prohibited by the government because it is not environmentally friendly has begun to decrease andisevennolongerusedbyfishermen. Itisrecommendedthattheevaluationofthesocio-economic empowerment program for small fishermen be evaluated for its effectiveness in significantly reducing the poverty rate of fishermen.1.Introduction.1.1.Researchbackground.Indonesia is an archipelagic country that has a coastline along the islands stretching from Sabang to Merauke.It has the greatest potential in the fisheries sector and the axis of the world’smaritimeeconomy.implementingsustainabledevelop-mentthroughtheblueeconomyprogram,itishopedthatitwill have a significant impact on the socio-economy of the com-munity, especially those living in coastal areas.The maritime economicsectorcontributestothecountry’seconomicgrowth which must continue to be optimally pursued by the govern-mentandalllevelsofsociety.Theseriousnesstomaintain1MasterofManagement,SekolahTinggiIlmuEkonomiKBP.2MasterofPublicAdministration,UniversitasNegeriPadang.3Faculty ofEconomics, Universitas Batang Hari Jambi∗Correspondingauthor:DeltriApriyeni.E-mailAddress:del-tri.apri@gmail.com.marinewealthandnaturalresourcesthroughvariousprograms continuestobelaunchedtoachievethedevelopmentgoalsand targetsofIndonesiaEmas2045. Thesectoralapproachaccord-ingtoKaraniandFailler,(2020)isthekeytoeconomicdevel-opment with the potential to generate income, create jobs, and reduce poverty in the marine economic sector.Overthepastfiveyears,theGrossDomesticProduct(GDP) of fisheries has continued to increase both at Constant Prices (ADHK)andatCurrentPrices(ADHB).In2022,theGDP ofFisheriesADHKreachedIDR275.5trillion,anincreaseof15.44 percent compared to 2018 which was IDR 238.6 tril-lion.Meanwhile,theGDPofFisheriesADHBincreasedby30.88 percent from IDR 385.9 trillion in 2018 to IDR 505.1 trillion in 2022.On the export side, the fisheries sector is one of the country’s foreign exchange sources, Indonesia is one of thelargestfish-producingandexportingcountriesintheworld. In2022,thevolumeofIndonesianfisheryexportsreached1.22 milliontons,orworthUS$6.24billion.ThisexportvolumeJOURNALOFMARITIMERESEARCHVolXXII.No.II(2025)pp87–94ISSN:1697-4840,www.jmr.unican.es